True that.

How could I forget lipless cranks from shore? I didn't lose a lot but my cast to loss ratio is close to 1:1 the few times I tried this, I'm sure.

 

"Hey bro can you grab me a lipless outta my pack? I'm about to cast this one"

Unfortunately I didn’t lose a lot of lures in ‘19 cause I didn’t get to fish very often.

 

Typically I lose a lot of Ned rigs though. I don’t fish them that often but if I do I can count on losing most of them.  

Plopper 110, Chug Bug, jig-craw

12 hours ago, schplurg said:

How could I forget lipless cranks from shore? I didn't lose a lot but my cast to loss ratio is close to 1:1 the few times I tried this, I'm sure.

 

"Hey bro can you grab me a lipless outta my pack? I'm about to cast this one"

There's a floating Rat-L-Trap. I bought one simply because I fish a lot of pretty shallow areas. It dives about 2.5 to 3' when retrieved, but slowly rises when paused. It doesn't weigh as much. It also doesn't sound exactly like the standard model and I haven't caught anything using it yet. I only used it once. But, come to think of it, now is a pretty good season for it. It can be worked like a jerkbait. If I were to put a heavier hook in front, it would probably be about neutrally bouyant.

12 hours ago, schplurg said:

How could I forget lipless cranks from shore? I didn't lose a lot but my cast to loss ratio is close to 1:1 the few times I tried this, I'm sure.

 

"Hey bro can you grab me a lipless outta my pack? I'm about to cast this one"

I lose a lot of lipless. Lost on this morning. I'd estimate that every one of them was because of a terrible cast that I never should've let go of. YMMV.

21 hours ago, Ski213 said:

Unfortunately I didn’t lose a lot of lures in ‘19 cause I didn’t get to fish very often.

 

Typically I lose a lot of Ned rigs though. I don’t fish them that often but if I do I can count on losing most of them.  

I lost a ton of zman nedheads.  I switched to lifted jig heads and rarely lose one.  It’s a sweet ewg style...no hook to snag.

Senkos, lots of Senkos.

Spinnerbaits, I throw them in fallen timber a lot. Probably shouldn't let them sink but it catches fish.

Jigs, by a long shot. If you fish jigs in rip-rap, you're gonna lose some.

Second would be crankbaits.

 

Tom

Chatterbaits. Specifically black and blue Z-mans. I did not lose a single chatterbait of another color, but I lost a pile of the black and blue ones fishing for shore.

 

If you ever need to know where the hidden, submerged laydowns are in a lake or pond just invite me along fishing and me and my black and blues will help you map the basin.

A couple of finesse jigs, and brand new Siebert's jig on the very first cast.  OY!

 

5 hours ago, tholmes said:

Jigs, by a long shot. If you fish jigs in rip-rap, you're gonna lose some.

Second would be crankbaits.

 

Tom

X2. This alone has deterred me from being a jig fisherman. I only fish with jigs in bodies of water that I know for a fact have sandy or muddy bottoms. I need to start taking chances more and fish them in rocky areas this year. Pay to play

just because a lure is beat up doesnt mean it wont catch fish. my best topwater this year had hardly any paint left on it until i finally lost it to a bass. mepps are my go to lure and mine are pretty beat up.  still fine after skirt is gone and sometimes i will lose a barb.i release bass anyway.

12 hours ago, Dorado said:

X2. This alone has deterred me from being a jig fisherman. I only fish with jigs in bodies of water that I know for a fact have sandy or muddy bottoms. I need to start taking chances more and fish them in rocky areas this year. Pay to play

I make my own bass jigs so the cost is somewhat less. It's been my experience that crawdads love rocks and bass love crawdads so I fish (and lose) jigs in the rocks. It's worth the trade-off.

 

Tom

 

Nedrig...I throw them into places a jig would get hung up in...

 

 

To snags: ned rigs

 

To bite-offs: chatterbaits and jerkbaits